Offside Doors

Posted on 28/04/2022 20:49 by SeasideBill

What David says is absolutely correct. The screening shrubs are generally evergreen varieties of slow growing shrubs, maybe a hair cut once or twice a year and that’s it, and there isn’t acres of grass to delimit areas and pitches so not much to cut. The type of site featured is generally situated in areas with a more favourable climate suppressing grass growth. Constant grass cutting and strimming in CMC sites can be intrusive and annoying.

Posted on 28/04/2022 21:02 by mickysf

Ah, so unfortunately UK it appears is in the wrong climatic zone for non intrusive caravanning you enjoy! So what’s to do? Go to where the climes are more in tune with your peaceful stay? I like the UK, it’s verdant look and the smell of newly cut grass! Ground maintenance obviously goes hand in hand with this green and pleasant land of ours.👍

Posted on 28/04/2022 21:02 by mickysf

Ah, so unfortunately UK it appears is in the wrong climatic zone for non intrusive caravanning you enjoy! So what’s to do? Go to where the climes are more in tune with your peaceful stay? I like the UK, it’s verdant look and the smell of newly cut grass! Ground maintenance obviously goes hand in hand with this green and pleasant land of ours.👍

Posted on 29/04/2022 07:50 by Rocky 2 buckets

Here’s another one MSF. I’m not a fan of grounds maintenance to the extreme either. The sound of a mower doesn’t jar at all as I’m an early riser & my circadian rhythms are strong. I’m rarely up later than daybreak. More wilder environments are for me, any sites that are like a fussy garden I’d swerve so-C&MC save some brass & let your site wildness reign👍🏻

Posted on 29/04/2022 08:13 by mickysf

Quite agree on most of that, it’s just that in all my years it has never bothered me that much at all and I’ve never, ever witnessed anything like constant synchronised mowing for the whole of my stay on CaMC sites that some claim. It appears that some unfortunate souls may have had that unlucky coincidence but others, I think, choose to go out only when the weather permits, or after previous months weather which forbid groundwork. Sometimes I think, like UK farmers, staff have to take advantage of windows on the weather, particularly on western flanks of our green and pleasant land. Or is it that they firmly believe that groundwork should only take place when they themselves are at their home address or should only happen on the pitches at the other side of that site they are on. But I’ve never heard machinery used on sites that early, ever!

Posted on 29/04/2022 08:19 by vbfg

I don't think that it matters what side your doors are situated on, as long as the people/children/dogs in the next van are not too noisy.  I have been very lucky so far as I have not had the misfortune to have had any problem directly opposite me to any great degree.  I like grass, trees, hedges and flowers on a site,  but I too, don't see any necessity to cut the grass, use a strimmer, or elecrical hedge clippers on an almost daily basis (on the same areas), as some sites do!

Posted on 28/04/2022 21:02 by mickysf

Ah, so unfortunately UK it appears is in the wrong climatic zone for non intrusive caravanning you enjoy! So what’s to do? Go to where the climes are more in tune with your peaceful stay? I like the UK, it’s verdant look and the smell of newly cut grass! Ground maintenance obviously goes hand in hand with this green and pleasant land of ours.👍